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Volume 10, Issue 10 April 2018 Member since 2006 Honorary Member since 2001 Practice Pair Messenger Hello, Bowling Fans! Welcome to another issue of Josh Hyde’s Roth/Holman PBA Doubles Bowling Newsletter. The Messenger and Spare Column discusses the Holman Roth PBA Championship Presented by Doubles. The Kingpin Column is a combination between Breakpoint and Off the Sheet. BowlerX.com Breakpoint PBA moving to Fox Sport’s Network Bill O’Neil and Jason Belmonte won the Roth/Holman PBA Doubles and the 2019 U.S. Open. Off the Sheet Championship. The PBA Doubles is named after the greatest PBA Doubles discusses the PBA Tour Chronicle Part 3. The Team. These two Marshall Holman and Mark Roth together had won three Tenth Frame is an editorial on the PBA’s PBA Doubles. This was Bill O’ Neil’s ninth PBA Tour Title and Jason Belmonte’s Greatest moments. Thanks for reading Josh 17th PBA Tour Title. They would have to beat the Tang brothers who were Hyde’s Bowling Newsletter. climbing the ladder as they were the fifth seated team. Darren Tang would miss a ten pin in the eighth frame costing them the title. The Tang brothers bowled against each other in the 2017 USBC Masters in the step-ladder. They decided to pair up in the Roth Holman Doubles. They started the champion- ship round in the number five slot and would climb to the championship Messenger: round. In the first match, Darren and Michael would string some strikes as -Holman Roth PBA Doubles presented by Archer and Maldonado would struggle. In the second match, it was closer with Bowlers.com 1 Darren forcing Chris Prater to get a double and nine to win by one pin. Chris KingPin Column: would get the first strike but failed to get the second by leaving a ten pin. In -Breakpoint: PBA Moving to Fox and 2019 U.S. the semi-finals, they would face two former rookies of the year E.J Tackett and Open 2 Marshall Kent. Tackett would strike, but Kent struggled as he had four opens in Off the Sheet: his five frames. In the Final, Michael Tang missed his ten pin in the eighth for PBA Tour Chronicle –Part 3 an open frame. The final score was 205 to 185. -Split Column: PBA Founder asks for member- ship fee Spare Column: PBA Regional Results 3 Open Frame Column –fourth 700 series 4 Interview of the Month-Francois Lavoie Ellias/Schenkel/Weber Lane 5 PBA Greatest #38-#60 Tenth Frame Editorial: 6 -PBA Greatest Moments JHBN 10 Year Anniversary: Writing for the Bowler’s Journal 6 "The Professional Bowlers Association, LLC (“PBA”) is not affiliated with Josh Hyde's Bowling Newsletter. The opinions set forth herein do not reflect the opinions of the PBA.” Breakpoint Page 2 player to win every major by winning the The PBA moving to the FOX 2019 U.S Open? Will E.J. Tackett be the Network seventh bowler to complete the Triple Crown? Past winners of the U.S Open 2017 Rhino Paige, 2016 Francois Lavoie. 2015 On March 20, The PBA an- Ryan Cimenli, 2014-not contested, 2013 Volume 10, Issue 10 nounced that the 2019 season will re- Wes Malott, 2012 Pete Weber, 2011 Norm turn to the FOX network on their FOX Duke, 2010 Bill O’Neill. FS1 and regular FOX broadcast chan- Multiple U.S. Open/All-Star Tournaments nels. This is an open-ended multi-year 5-Pete Weber agreement that starts in 2019. There 2019 U.S. Open 4-Dick Weber/Don Carter will be 25 events on FS1 and 4 events 3-Dave Husted on FOX for the 2019 season. The Last month the USBC announced the 2-Marshall Holman/Norm Duke/Walter Ray events will also be streamed live on U.S. Open tournament for 2019. It Williams Jr/Dell Ballard Jr/Andy Variappa the Fox Sports Go. The schedule; with will be at George Pappas Victory dates, times, locations, and announc- Lanes in Late October/Early Novem- ers, will be declared at a later date. ber with a traditional format of 56 Tom Clark stated, “We are particularly games with a field of 144 players on excited that the PBA Tour returns to October 23rd thru October 30th this broadcast television, where it started tournament will be coincide with the 56 years ago.” William Wanger of FOX Fox Sports broadcasting deal. Lately, Sports said, “We believe that adding a the U.S Open has been announced FOX Sports look and feel to bowling the year of the event. Will Pete We- will help bring the sport to a whole ber win his sixth U.S Open? Will Ja- new level.” son Belmonte become the second The Incomparable Spook—PBA Chronicles Part 3 This column is dedicated to the Bowlers and bowled 50 games and never felt Carmen’s passion for the Journal International. I will be summarizing it. game has gone beyond performing BJI articles periodically in the Josh Hyde’s Bowling Newsletter. During the 1960, BPAA All – on the lanes as he has designed Star, Carmen was bowling against PBA numerous bowling balls for differ- Last month, Dick Denny Hall-of-Famer Ray Bluth. In the middle ent companies. wrote about the legendary Carmen of Carmen’s approach, Bluth coughed He won 17 PBA national Salvino who was one of the 33 origi- to throw Carmen off. This antic was tour titles including one Major at nal PBA members. Carmen was the repeated over the next several years. the PBA National World Champion- first “true athletic” bowler who fol- In 1965, Billy Hardwick won ship. In the mid-80s, he and Dick lowed a strict diet and exercise regi- the first Tournament of Champions at Weber would bowl for the title at men. Salvino wanted to be one of the Riviera Lanes. Salvino was receiving as the Showboat PBA Senior stop. best bowlers of all time and set out to much attention as Hardwick by enter- Dick Weber would win the title. do it at 14 years old. taining the audience with his numer- Salvino’s bowling legend- Two months ago, PBA mem- ous trick shots. ary career still lives on. It is an ber Carmen bowled the 60th Anniver- Carmen would join the Chica- honor knowing him as a friend and sary Championship. He has always go Classic League at the age of 19 be- one of the greatest ambassadors been a perfectionist. For instance, at coming the youngest bowler to of the sport of bowling. age 31, he boasted that he went out achieve the honor. Eddie Elias asked the PBA Charter Members to put up Split Column $50 each as seed money to start the PBA in 1958. Page 3 Regional Results Regional Update Super Regional by defeating • The PBA found an error in the Frankie Guccione 255-244. Guc- records for Patrick Allen. cione faded under pressure by Volume 10, Issue 10 Three players are tied with 30 leaving the 7 pin and then miss- PBA Regional titles; Dennis ing the spare. This gave the Horan Jr, Jeffy Richgels, and victory to Lavoie. Patrick Allen. • At the PBA Lakewood Storm Southwest Super Regional, Ricky Midwest Schissler bowled a perfect game • Mike Mineman won his sev- to defeat Anthony Simonsen enth career PBA regional title. who had a 215. This was his He defeated Brian Kretzer 212- second title after an earlier 196 at the PBA50 Monte Skeels PBA50 Regional win. Allstate Midwest/Central Open. In the semi-final, Mineman defeated Walt Schaub West/Northwest 222-203 and Kretzer defeated Jeff Johnson 196-151. • David Haynes won his 12 career PBA Regional by de- • The PBA50 Showtime Lanes Midwest/Central Open was feating PJ Haggerty by three held in Virden, IL. Tom Adcock won over Dead Mueller pins, 4,653—4,650 at the PBA 192-177. This was his third PBA50 Regional Title. Sands Regency West/ Northwest Winter Classic Central Open. He was 8-4 in match • At the PBA Trumbull County Tourism Bureau Central/ play. East, Matt O’Grady defeated Matt Sanders 244-216 to • At the PBA50 Sands Regency capture his third consecutive title at this event. West/Northwest Winter Clas- • Harry Sullins was 12-0 in match play at the PBA50 Strike sic, Dennis Horan Jr. defeated Zone Lanes Central Classic. He defeated Dean Billings by 4,270-4,147 over Ron Mohr. 87 pins for his 22nd PBA50 Regional title. This was his first PBA50 title. • Josh Blanchard defeated Dar- South ren Tang at the PBA West • At the PBA Jac’s Lanes Valdosta South Open, Chris Polizzi Jackson Rancheria Casino Re- won his first title by defeating Tom Daugherty 235-212. sort Championship with a Polizzi climbed the step-ladder by defeating Dick Allen score of 242-208. Blanchard made it to the finals by de- 243-184 and defeating Brandon feating Michael Haugen Jr. 269-246 and Tang defeated PJ Curtis 198-180. Haggerty 269-229. • Double Hall of Famer, Walter Ray Williams Jr. had a clean win over Tom Baker 279-157 at PBA50 East Fayetteville Southern Open. This • Parker Bohn III won his seventh was his 106th PBA title; PBA Tour- career PBA50 Regional at theP- 47, PBA Regional-32, PBA50 Tour- BA50 Rossi Lanes Eastern Open. 11, PBA50 Regional-16. At the Bohn had the front six in the event, Stoney Baker had a 300 Championship game against Rick game. Graham with a final score of 245 -212. Bohn did not have a game Southwest under 200 on the second day • Anthony Lavery-Spahr had an 858 series; 279, 300, 279; during match play finals.